ZOOLOGICAL PARKS AND AQUARIUMS 



mount importance. There should be no corners, mouldings or places of any 

 kind where dirt may collect, or that cannot be easily cleaned. It is advisable 

 to have each cage, where possible, especially in the case of monkeys, small 

 mammals and similar specimens, entirely separated from the next, so that 

 any disease that might develop in one will not be transferred to the other. 

 Solid partitions between the cages of this type are recommended, or cages 

 arranged to set at least two feet apart, as shown in Plate 363. The outside 

 of the building should really be of secondary consideration, and should be 

 of plain and dignified construction. 



Outside cages and runways must be built in such a way that animals 

 cannot reach through to injure their neighbors or to catch themselves. It 

 is, therefore, advisable to use some good wire fencing, preferably such as 

 is made by the standard fence manufacturing companies. Great care must 

 be taken in the purchasing and erection of these fences, to see that both top 

 and bottom wires are knuckled, leaving no sharp or pointed wires anywhere 

 inside the cages. Plate 364 illustrates a very good type of fence. This 

 fencing of No. 6 gauge wire, two-inch mesh, with four-inch O. D. galvanized 

 pipe for corner posts, and two and one-half-inch O. D. of the same pipe 

 for sides will hold almost any animal. Plate 365 shows the same kind of 

 fence but of a smaller gauge wire, used in this case to form enclosures for 



PLATE No. 365. FENCE CONSTRUCTION 



Illustrating same type of fence as shown in Plate 364, but constructed of smaller gauge wire. 



